OUR COUNTRY, CITIES

& SCHOOL

Facts about Denmark

The area of Denmark is 43.000 km2.
In Denmark there lives about 5.5
million people.
The capital in Denmark is Copenhagen
which is placed on Sealand.
The valuta in Denmark is Danish
Crones (DKK) 1 DKK is equal to 0,46 LTL.
Denmark's national anthem is called
Der er et yndigt land (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWf2nkEry_Y&feature=related )

Facts about Denmark

Greenland and the Faroe Islands belongs to
Denmark
The queen in Denmark is Queen Margrethe II.
Denmark is a welfare society which means that
we pay taxes and then get medical help,
education etc. for free.
In Denmark we have democracy which means
that we vote for our government.
Denmark has a border to Germany the rest of
Denmark is surrounded by the ocean.
Denmark is known for being the happiest place
on earth.

Cities

Studsdal
It

is a small city next to Taulov and

there is only 40 people and 11 houses.
There is a lot of fields with animals;
especially horses.
There is only one road through
the city called Studsdalvej.
It is a nice place with
beautiful nature.

Facts about Skrbk

Its

a small town.
There lives about 2000 families.
Its a very social town.
We have two grocery shops.

School and daycare

We

have a small school with 250

students.
The school goes from
kindergarten to 6th grade.
The school has very good
facilities and outdoor
playgrounds.
The school looks a lot like
Taulov Skole.
Almost every child that lives in
Skrbk, has attended
Skrbk daycare.

The harbor
Its

an industry harbor and a lot

of fisher boats come in every day.
You can buy fresh fish from our
fishermen in our two fish shops.
At the harbor there is also a
restaurant called Savannah.

The beach
Its

where we swim in
the summer.
Sometimes there are
beach parties.
There is also a
restaurant at the beach
called Restaurant
Strandparken.
There are fireplaces and
a small playground.

Facts about Taulov

Taulov

has a population at about 4000

people.
Taulov has a church that is about 800
years old.
People started living here at about
year 1860.
Taulov has a very central location in
Denmark.

Activities in Taulov
You

can eat at the local pizzeria.

Play soccer at the soccer-golf
course.
Work out at the local gym.
Ride your BMX at the track.

Facts about
Fredericia
Frederica

is an old
fortress city.
The mayors name
is Thomas Banke.
It was founded in
1650 as a fortress
city.
The area of
Frederica is 39.716
km2.

History of
Fredericia

In

the beginning,
no one wanted to
move to Frederica,
because the soil
wasn't very good.
The king decided to
make Fredericia to
an asylumcity.
That meant that no
one had to pay
taxes for ten years.

FC Fredericia
FC

Frederica is a
soccer team
from Frederica.
They play in the
Monjasa park.

Pictures

The town hall of Fredericia

The shopping street

The school

About Taulov Skole

The

school is ca. 10.000m2.

There is 27 classes, 49 teachers, 613
pupils; 282 boys and 331 girls.
There are 3 lines; international,
innovative and science.
We have a libary.
We have the opportunity to play
outside on our playgrounds and lawns.

Classrooms
We

have room for 28 pupils in

each classroom.
We have Smartboards in each
classroom.

Our class

We attend the international line,

which means that half of our
subjects are in English, Fx Math,
Physics, Biology and
Communication. Communication
is where we write with pupils
from other countries. We also
learn how to communicate
properly with other people from
other cultures.

We

are 25 pupils in our class.

We have 12 different subjects;
Physics, Social science, Math,
Religion, English, Danish, P.E,
History, German, Communication,
Geography and Biology.
We have ca. 32 lessons in a week.

Food

Leverpaste!
Is

a traditional Danish meal.

It is only made in Denmark. Pat
is a copy of liver paste, from
France.

Pork roast
In

Denmark, one of our national

food is pork roast. It is a tradition
that we eat it for Christmas, but
also like a fine dinner in the
weekend.

Sport

Handball
Handball

is the national sport of

Denmark.
It was a Danish man, Holger
Nielsen, who invented Handball.

Badminton
Badminton is a
very popular sport
in Denmark. We
have many good
players like Peter
Gade. Denmark
has won the
European
Championships
seven times in a
row.

Copenhagen

Christiania
Christiania

is a free town in
Copenhagen. Christiania is a little
different from other towns. Its a self
charged community which means that
they have their own community and
want to decide everything by
themself. In Christiania there lives
about 850 people.

The Little Mermaid

The

little mermaid is a sculpture

of a mermaid, who sits on a stone
with a front out to the ocean. The
little mermaid is made by a
Danish artist and he has used a
ballerina and his girlfriends
bodies as an inspiration to make
the little mermaid.

Nyhavn
In

Copenhagen we have a port called

Nyhavn. Nyhavn has existed for over 100
years and many people comes to
Copenhagen to see Nyhavn. From
Nyhavn you can go on canal cruise and
see The Opera House, The Little
Mermaid, The National Bank, Brsen etc.

Denmark

The flag of Denmark Dannebrog

Usually

Danish people are proud

of their flag. We are not only the
world's oldest monarchy, but we
also have the world's oldest flag.
Dannebrog is not Denmark's
oldest flag. The oldest flag is
Ravnefanen.
Dannebrog

Gorm den gamle (Gorm

the old)
He

was the first king of Denmark. He lived in

year 915-958.
He lived in the time of the vikings.
He was married to Thyra (with the nickname
Danebod), and was buried in Jelling.
Kids:
1. Knud (Dane-Ast), killed on vikings voyage.
2. Harald (1.), later king with the nickname
Bltand`.
3. Gunhild, married with Erik Blodkse in
Norway.